SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY GENES ASSOCIATED WITH THE A10 ALLELE

摘要

Novel DNA molecules have been isolated that encode the S locus glycoprotein (SLG) and the S locus receptor kinase (SRK) of the A10 self-incompatibility allele. Surprisingly, the gene encoding the SRK-A10 protein was found to contain a one base pair deletion which would result in premature termination of translation and the production of a truncated SRK-A10 protein. The defect in the SRK-A10 gene can be corrected by inserting a nucleotide at position 948. Expression vectors comprising a corrected SRR-A10 gene can be used to produce a self-incompatible plant.